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On Scalies
9 years ago
I don't make a lot of journals. I make fewer yet that are kind of ranty. In fact, this is my first one. But I feel I gotta say a couple things.
There's a Kickstarter right now for socks. It's kind of a neat idea. Furry socks. And I know many of you like the paws. It's just a sock, but y'know, it's fun.
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....med-paw-socks/
You may notice something, however. Only 1 out of 14 designs features a scaly. And I'm gonna go ahead and say a dragon shouldn't even count. We are the anomaly. We are the Popular Scaly that has risen from obscurity to basically be the Fox of scalies. It's to the point where I know I've attended panels at conventions and many dragons don't even consider themselves to BE scalies. It's a weird disconnect, but I think the unconscious desire to distance oneself comes from the fact that people don't like scalies.
Now this isn't everyone and I'm generalizing a little much, but it's hard to escape the impression. I did a scaly panel for two years at AnthroCon, one of those years was my very first year at any convention. My very first year really being openly furry to anyone. I did NOT want to get up in front of a bunch of people and talk about playing a dragon/lizard/whatever on the Internet. I did it because nobody else was going to do it. I somehow stumbled into the job, because I felt it was important to have that. And I feel like when I went there and all these people showed up it was worth it. There was a real feeling that they needed something like that to get together because otherwise they get a little sidelined. Not only by furries, but honestly a bit by dragons as well.
Obviously I think dragons are super cool, and I even have a fox character. That's not bad. I also think there are other species that can kinda get short shrift from people. But the difference is that scalies are a whole CATEGORY of species that get sidelined. Lizards, snakes, crocs, gators, dinosaurs, and all the rest are super cool and shouldn't be ignored.
So it might just be a small and inconsequential thing, but if any of you like scalies I hope you will consider voting in this poll for "Crocodile." It's just one species, but right now it's what's on there for the token scaly. It's continually lost polls to different variations of dogs and cats. Like seriously there are enough of the sock designs that are dog and cat based. If you like dinosaurs or snakes or anything else, I just think it would be good to vote for this so scalies don't get completely shut out because they can't ever win a popularity contest.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Poll Link:
http://strawpoll.me/6695763/
There's a Kickstarter right now for socks. It's kind of a neat idea. Furry socks. And I know many of you like the paws. It's just a sock, but y'know, it's fun.
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....med-paw-socks/
You may notice something, however. Only 1 out of 14 designs features a scaly. And I'm gonna go ahead and say a dragon shouldn't even count. We are the anomaly. We are the Popular Scaly that has risen from obscurity to basically be the Fox of scalies. It's to the point where I know I've attended panels at conventions and many dragons don't even consider themselves to BE scalies. It's a weird disconnect, but I think the unconscious desire to distance oneself comes from the fact that people don't like scalies.
Now this isn't everyone and I'm generalizing a little much, but it's hard to escape the impression. I did a scaly panel for two years at AnthroCon, one of those years was my very first year at any convention. My very first year really being openly furry to anyone. I did NOT want to get up in front of a bunch of people and talk about playing a dragon/lizard/whatever on the Internet. I did it because nobody else was going to do it. I somehow stumbled into the job, because I felt it was important to have that. And I feel like when I went there and all these people showed up it was worth it. There was a real feeling that they needed something like that to get together because otherwise they get a little sidelined. Not only by furries, but honestly a bit by dragons as well.
Obviously I think dragons are super cool, and I even have a fox character. That's not bad. I also think there are other species that can kinda get short shrift from people. But the difference is that scalies are a whole CATEGORY of species that get sidelined. Lizards, snakes, crocs, gators, dinosaurs, and all the rest are super cool and shouldn't be ignored.
So it might just be a small and inconsequential thing, but if any of you like scalies I hope you will consider voting in this poll for "Crocodile." It's just one species, but right now it's what's on there for the token scaly. It's continually lost polls to different variations of dogs and cats. Like seriously there are enough of the sock designs that are dog and cat based. If you like dinosaurs or snakes or anything else, I just think it would be good to vote for this so scalies don't get completely shut out because they can't ever win a popularity contest.
Thanks for reading my rant.
Poll Link:
http://strawpoll.me/6695763/
I feel dragons are popular because of mythology and everyone thinking they're the coolest thing since sliced bread. That's probably because they can make toast on the fly. Scalies are just not what the majority of people are drawn to I suppose. Not so much that they dislike scalies (though I've heard of some sects that dislike them) but probably that they'd rather be a fox or something. Animal distribution is probably more in line with what animals people see more often or have experience with. Just my own two cents.
And dragons are the coolest thing since sliced bread. And perhaps people need to have more experience with other types of animals (stepping on them).
That's my ten bucks, because I'm not a cheapskate.
But it also made me realize how different we are.* When I first started donking around online as human and then non-human, I...honestly never thought much about being the outcast, because I already knew I was, like...I accepted it. I was tickled shit pink I could find someone, any single creature, that was like-minded, so I honestly didn't care. I'm...kinda fine with not being thrown in with furries, honestly. Furries are just...different. I'm fine with them being different than scalies, I guess, is what I'm saying.
Your journal makes me think too hard about things I'm too tired to TYPE ABOUT, YOUUUUUUUUUU
*yeah, size, etc.